SMITH, Samuel Axley, a Representative from Tennessee;
born in Monroe County, Tenn., June 26, 1822;
received a limited education;
taught school;
studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Cleveland, Tenn.;
district attorney general 1845-1850;
delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1848;
elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, and Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1859);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress;
appointed by President Buchanan to be Commissioner of the General Land Office and served from January 18 to February 12, 1860, when he resigned;
appointed by the Governor of the State of Tennessee on November 16, 1861, an agent to collect arms for the Confederate Army;
died at Ladd Springs, Polk County, Tenn., November 25, 1863;
interment in Amos Ladds Burial Ground.